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Cafe Beva in Glanmire is the venue for venting local frustrations with Roger Overall.   Republic of Work in Cork city centre is the venue for monologue about "Leadership" and a speech which Paul O'Mahony will make at Toastmasters. 

Recent Poems by Paul O'Mahony  Introduction Falling apart The walk Captivity Intimacy of everyday life The three Rs For Robert Neill Why does my wife not read my verse Pancake day - Nutella You must change your life #WeAreMuslim Picasso City of Sanctuary How's your swing? What is it like to be a man?

Letters 6-10: You hear Paul O'Mahony reading five letters to Mr Kappus - translation by Stephen Mitchell. 

The voice of Beniamino Gigli is interrupted by an announcement welcoming listeners to a unique show from Cork Ireland. Assembled for you on St Patrick's Day - 17th March 2019. What does Ireland & the Irish mean to you? What three words do you conjure up when you think of the green land & her folk? Have you met Carolan [Turlough O'Carolan, (1670 – 25 March 1738) blind Celtic harper, composer and singer.] The Chieftains have. President D J Trump invited himself to dinner. Has he humiliated the Irish? Why not do nothing but be (breathing) on this sunny Sunday morning? The Poet Paul O'Mahony podcasts frequently from Cork Ireland - especially for discriminating listeners. 

This episode is a rehearsal.   The speaker is on his way to a contest - first round of the "World Championship of Public Speaking" at Toastmasters International. The title of the speech is "Are You Wearing Your Hearing Aids Now?" This speech must not be shorter than 4.30 minutes, nor longer than 7.30 minutes. You hear Paul (the poet) O'Mahony at home preparing for a grand night at Blarney Toastmasters Club.

One man in Cork in search of women. All sorts of women. “I love women” Paul the Poet wrote in 1995 - spoke out in 2012. International Womens’ Day on 8 March is a grand day to give you this gift.

Rilke, Rainer Maria Rilke, was a Bohemian-Austrian poet, letter-writer & composer of one novel.  He is one of the greatest poets in the German language - much translated into English. Paul (poet) O'Mahony introduces & reads the first five letters to a young poet.  The letters were published after Rilke died. How to be an artist  how to prepare to write poetry what it means to be creative how to deal with criticism & adversity These are some of the themes you'll hear in this episode. You can find the text of an English translation here:  Enjoy

In this episode you hear the sound of a man (Paul O'Mahony) walking in a muddy field, the chilling wind, a coffee house & a cafe.  On top of that there's the historic sound of the "Echo" by the man selling the Cork Evening Echo outside the Post Office on Oliver Plunkett Street.

First of a series of interviews with some of the most engaging people whom Paul O'Mahony, poet, knows. ____________________ Ray Renati is a professional actor, theatre director, podcaster, photographer, comedian, singer, father, dog-walker and more.  He lives in California, USA. Paul & Ray met on social audio on the App Anchor, about three years ago. ____________________ The purpose of THE INTERVIEW is to  introduce Ray Renati to people who don't know him delve into the person Ray is and is becoming (in 92 minutes) ____________________ THE INTERVIEW covers 8 topics: Why do you live where you live? Why do you do the work that you do?  Why do you attract the people you attract? Why are you so committed to the causes your espouse? Quick questions: like "Ice cream or jam?  Reagan or Nixon?" Why are you such a spiritual guy? Why are you so keen to leave a legacy? What question would you like to ask Paul O'Mahony? __________________ Ray says you are welcome to contact Ray Renati by email at "rayrenati@gmail.com" 

From 2012 to 2019 this adventure with Mary Oliver (Ohio 1935- Florida 2019)  Begins with how Paul O'Mahony contacted Mary's agent in 2018, followed by a recording from 2012, her poem "The Journey" for AJ Leon and Misfits Inc as they set out to go Round the World in 1,080 Days". http://aj-leon.com/pursuitofeverything/about/about-poe/ A segment inside the great coffee house "FilterCork" with Mary. Paul reads several poems. You hear Mary Oliver reading one of her poem. Followed by Paul O'Mahony's poem  "Song for Mary Oliver on her 80th birthday" in Florida  More poetry including "When death comes". "My life with Mary Oliver" by Paul

Paul O'Mahony produces three poems in one day. Poem No 1 :  "Emerging From Retirement" Poem No 2 : "My New Shoes" Poem No 3 : "Song of Wandering Fog" You can read these poems on Paul's website  https://paulhomahony.com/ 

It's raining outside.  There's shelter among the pines. A dog to walk.  

Paul O'Mahony's musical life in Limerick (1965 - 1968) Ireland included very little Irish music. Here Paul plays music he didn't like from Brendan Bowyer ("The Hucklebuck" - released in 1965) & Dickie Rock.  Alongside music he loved - the Doors ("Light My Fire" - released in January 1967). While recording this episode Paul remembers how much he used to like the music of Percy French (1854 - 1920) from County Roscommon.

What will be the biggest surprise of this year? Imagine if a meteor landed here. I wrote about Santorini ... A recording device was sent out into space ... What’s it like to go on and on? Bouncing back ... What happened before the Big Bang? Happiness is a warm infinity. What is a mind? There’s a person with a dog ...

Three "omani motivating messages" -  specially voiced by Paul O'Mahony.  Does "positivity" matter enough to you? 

From Rogers & Hammerstein “You’ve got to be carefully taught” + “We shall overcome” to “Strange Fruit” + “La Marseilles” (French National Anthem) and “The Times They Are A-Changing” with “White Rabbit”

An example of how you could easily delete a podcast - without realising you may cut yourself off from a good guy

Story-making with my daughter  This begins with a short conversation between father & daughter in the car on the way to school - about stories we used to make together. On Social Media Day 2012, we spoke to a small group about how we were creating stories together. From storytelling to story-making ... You hear plenty about "The Pony Story" - and a little about "The Princess Story" (which is available on the podcast "From Cork With Love Adventure").

Rebecca Solnit was left at home - Paul walked alongside water flowing like fluid in his mother’s womb. The power within an atom increases like a balloon. The colour brown surrounds the man. A woman comes around a corner without warning & pauses to be social. Light because of a prism ...

Paul O’Mahony is out on a dark, muddy track - with horses & other animals out of sight. Paul is reborn today - he’s got his first (Bluetooth) hearing aids. He can’t resist going on about what it’s been like during the first few hours.

Around midnight - around the estate - around the houses - slipping on worms - without stars to warm the way - after time with Freddie Mercury in Omniplex Mahon Point

Some Irish doctors are against providing abortion services - you hear a bit of a radio report, comments by Paul O'Mahony & VictoriousOne in USA. Sony WH-CH500 bluetooth headset test A chat with Benjamin O'Mahony (actor) about pay & conditions in UK compared with USA - hoping to make contact with Ray Renati in San Francisco. Meeting a woman & dog - and meeting a man & dog. Episode recorded on Monday 3 December 2018

This is the second part of Paul O'Mahony's musical autobiography. There is more to come ...

From the 1960s to the US Civil War

Preparation for http://www.congregation.ie

At about 11pm

Latest episode of From Cork with Love Adventures

Venturing into Irish Politics harassment of women. This is about “IrishPolitics” on @LimorApp http://www.limor.ie

A Blank Holiday. • Piano practice + Feeding & watering Louis • People I drink wine with • Celebrating conversation with Fu-ran in Japan • I like Red Autumn Song • Thank you🍂 • The spirit of old Japanese melodies

Under the cold moon - a midnight ramble goes wrong

Includes conversations about Wanderlust with Robbin Milne, Robert Neill & Andrew Lowe

A kitchen drama full of steak & music

Continuing to read Rebecca Solnit

You can’t stay in Cork all your life. You have to fly Aer Lingus to Paris for your birthday. You have to at least attempt to reach the summit - and return to base camp safely. You hear lots of people chattering French on the way. (Whatever you do book your ticket online. Otherwise you’ll queue for two hours to get to the cable car.)

Continuing to read Wanderlust - a history of walking. By Rebecca Solnit. Reading while walking. We meet a mushroom man in Moanbaun Wood.

Lost identity - Persistent hope. Recorded while driving to Toastmasters

Part 1 To get the full value of this episode - you'll have to listen in a silent room (perhaps even a vacuum). Because Simon & Jana speak very softly (and my studio volume control dial wasn't able to amplify the sound). Bernard Stanley "Acker" Bilk, MBE (28 January 1929 – 2 November 2014) was an English clarinetist and vocalist ... "Stranger on the Shore" is the music I still listen to. Part 2 Feeling guilty while listening to music doesn't feel right - does it? Music you might not expect me to love: "I'm the king of the jungle" "The hills are alive with the sound of music" "South Pacific".

The walk is dry & dark. The dog & the cat ... without a moon between them. Lot's of silence here

What music goes with breaking-up?

Leave of trees. Walking with Louis but without Rebecca Solnit. Learning how to make videos that are not perfection - but attract connection with your audience. You hear the sound of leaves underfoot being crinkled. "The space between the words, especially paragraphs, is where connection is mist likely to happen. County Kerry local people speak quickly - like people on Manhatten.

This is the song that makes me laugh, smile & smirk most. The one that lights up my life. Your favourite? #Octaver2018 would love to hear what's your favourite. This is Paul O'Mahony's Day 3 contribution to Octaver2018 - topic suggested by Stefano Landi @slandi, in Montreal, Canada. You hear Jessye Norman sing from "Last Four Songs" by Richard Strauss. You hear Allan Sherman sing from "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter from Camp)

Recorded while walking in the dark with Louis - talking with horses - airplanes overhead - why it's better not to try and a few words with the pony rider

Reading on a walk in Moanbaun Wood - Paul meets a woman with a dog

Lots about eating Pink Ladies & loving shadows. Paul O'Mahony walks & talks under a cloudy dark sky

At 8:12pm the light in Cork has almost faded away - walking in the dark is tricky - there are horses in fields & stars overhead. Light matters of course - and how do we measure the speed of light? And why is it not possible for anything to travel faster than light? There is so much Paul O'Mahony doesn't know & understand.

You hesr how difficult it is to hitch-up & park a horsebox - How my daughter took charge - How Louis barked his way into Paul's bad books

With Louis his llewellen setter, Paul O'Mahony talks about the passing of his friend Jarla's brother-in-law - and Kevin William's birthday - and there is nearly a terrible accident. Thank goodness Louis is alive

On Friday evening around 21:30 it was dark & dry. The dog Louis & the cat Puma went for a walk. None of us knew what was to happen.

After leaving home with dog, filling the car with unleaded petrol, watching the rain - surprisingly it's dry enough to read all about Wordsworth's walking & poetry. Lots about mushrooms in this episode

Read while walking in woods with dog Louis - Thomas de Quincy + William Hazlitt + Coleridge + Bunyon + Dante + Walpole + Thomas Gray + Rousseau + Tom Paine + Edmond Burke + Mary Woolstonecraft + William Godwin - all are brought into focus as a way of putting the Wordsworths in context

Imagine a fireside chat shifted to an armchair in Cork - this is all about today's headlines - all reports based on the RTE News App - with a little commentary by Paul O'Mahony

Walking & talking around an estate in Glanmire Cork - on a windy night - an umbrella for protection - You hear Paul meet a couple of lads - Eric Chandler gets a mention - TS Eliot & Walt Whitman too - "Leaves of Curiosity" may become title of a collection of poetry. The dog's delinquent

Reading from Rebecca Solnit's book Wanderlust on a walk - Louis meets a Golden Lab - and Jane Austin has her say - is this what we've been waiting for?

First part of an effortÿ to record a whole day

Walking while reading - and reading while walking - Chapter 6 Part 2 ends here - includes lots about gardens in 17th - 18th century

How a member of Blarney Toastmasters Club had difficulty with his education & found help from an unexpected source

Reading Chapter 6 second half - Starting to walk for pleasure

After 12 minutes we met a man with his pup - he told stories, including the day he shot a badger in self-defence

Recent conversations with (1) Fu-ran in Japan (2) Jeremiah Craig in Seattle & (3) Andrew Lowe in New Jersey USA. This is to celebrate the wonder of it all

It's very easy to go to a Toastmasters meeting. There is probably a Toastmasters Club near you. Anyone over18 is welcome. There is no need to be invited. Every club loves to have guests & visitors. It's a pleasant & easy way to learn leadership & communications skills. This adventure gives you a taste of the Toastmasters podcast "Irish Talkers"

Continuing to read Rebecca Solnit's wanderful history of walking (Chapter 6 starts here) - all about the first people to walk across countryside for the pleasure of walking there

Reading the end of chapter 5 of "The history of Walking"

Continuing the adventure which began in Cork - this happened in Dublin Airport - on Flybe to Cardiff - in Swansea - and The Mumbles

Catching the 09:25 train from Cork to Swansea via Dublin city centre & Airport. Boycotting the Pope.

As everyone in Ireland is talking about the Pope who'll arrive on Saturday morning, many are enthusiastic - many are telling their stories of rape & torture. All Paul O'Mahony can do is write poems and read them to you.

Chapter 5 Labyrinths & Cadillacs - walking into the Realm of the Symbolic - Paul O'Mahony continues to read as he walks with his dog Louis

The poem was published in 1890. This recording was published on BumpersFM in 2017

Thanks to Madhur Jaffreyv& Dehia Smith there will be good food for Sunday lunch. There is nothing like smelling of lime, ginger, chillies, cumin, corriander, garlic, basil & more.

Adventure under a star & moon

Talking about "The talk show for talkers" on IrishTalkers.com

A local discounter & a proper supermarket in Glanmire. Shopping for food & drink. Impulse purchases. Meeting a man in the wine section & a woman at the counter. Plus thoughts about podcasting.

From eating ice cream Caramel Chew Chew & Cherry Garcia - to the movies - with memories of how cinema used to be. An appreciation of the film for the "GnomeFlixMovieClub" too

End Chapter 4. Rebecca Solnit writes about connection between pilgrims & protesters. Ends with "dedicated and fragile in the dark." On his walk Paul meets a man & chats about blackberries

Panic at Crawford Woods & Picnic at Hanging Rock. Followed by a reading from Rebecca Solnit's book about walking. Start of chapter 3 talks about conjoining body & soul - material & spiritual - and contains reference to Irish holy places

Robbin Milne & Robert Neill speak about their experience of listening to Paul O'Mahony's slow reading of the book

A Bukowski fan reads 3 poems: "His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his home city of Los Angeles.[4] His work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over 60 books. The FBI kept a file on him as a result of his column, Notes of a Dirty Old Man, in the LA underground newspaper Open City..." (Wiki)

While walking Louis #omaniLouis, in rain, round the estate where he lives, Paul O'Mahony composed this song. This is unedited & raw - the first crude version without music

In Hinchey's pub in Cork - two men chat about walking with reference to "Wanderlust - a history of walking" by Rebecca Solnit

Talking about Blarney Club Toastmasters - Paul O'Mahony is on the club committee

Louis had to be dropped to kennels for 36 hours. Paul made a mistake, and arrived there too early. There's a bit of singing from Act 1 of Verdi's opera La Traviata. The poor Minister for Health gets it in the neck from Paul who pours out spleen. Delayed by his enjoyment of coffee on the road, you hear a man hurrying afraid he's going to be late for the 4-ball in Greystones Golf Club. The last sigment was recording while driving back to Cork.

At midnight - it was too cold to go out rambling without a pullover

Begins with Irish radio, coffee-making, talking to Dog Louis - a mug from Prague - Plastic in The Graduate - Saving Arpitan - Causes - Robert Neill talks about reading

Starts with reference to Robert Frost by Paul O'Mahony. Reading while walking in Moanbaun Wood in East Cork Ireland. In Chapter 3 'Rising and Falling', The following sources are mentioned: J-J Rousseau - John Napier - Genesis - Robert Ardrey - Adrienne Zihlman - Robert Dart - Louis & Mary Leakey - Donald Johanson - Owen Lovejoy - R D Guthrie - Jack Stern & Randall Sussman - Jane Goodall & Dian Fossey - Dean Falk - Peter Wheeler

Reading the end of Chapter 2 - "The missing subject"

A slow day that included talk about TV and new song lyrics

Thanks to a columnist in The Guardian on Monday 6 August 2018 - and @sm2n & @jn2n - Paul O'Mahony reads John's article with a bit of commentary

This is the Hockey penalty shoot-out between Spain & Ireland in the World Cup semi-final in London on Saturday 5 August 2018

Ivy, Ferns, Nettles, Trees - 27 species - Plastics & Cans pollute the place

Recorded specially for Robbin Milne the Painter in California. To someone who knows nothing about cricket, this may sound weird - hieroglyphics on the air from BBC radio 'Test Match Special' (TMS) team. You hear ball-by-ball commentary on the last 19 minutes of the first test match between England & India. Paul O'Mahony says few words.

Do you have a reason for using a social medium? Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest, You Tube et al. Paul O'Mahony delves into this topic & scrapes the surface

Continuing to read & chat about Rebecca Solnit's Book. This is chapter 2

From morning to evening - little adventures in the life of a poet

Maybe I can't change. Perhaps I'm condemned to be me. I suppose I'll never know why things are the way they are until I've noticed a few more details. This episode is a rant about how some people live their lives - and howvmy mind works too often for my own good

In her latest weekly digest "Brainpickings" - Maria Popova writes a piece "Walt Whitman on Democracy as a Mighty Form of Resistance". Paul O'Mahony reads & adds comments.

Pure Irish ambience - from the sunny south east

Recorded in an indoor arena - during a downpour

A reading of Rebecca Solnit's book "Wanderlust - a history of walking". This is the last part of Chapter 1.

The sound of a 2015 Chateauneuf du Pape being poured from glass to jug - and from bottle to jug - and from jug to glass - and being swilled & swallowed by an Irish man

CEO of In Hand Guides Trevor Winckworth & Paul O'Mahony have a quick chat about National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks Dublin

Recorded in a mobile studio on my way from home to golf. All about how it's good to do things often

This was Monday - the day after I went to bed late - it was recorded while I was waking up & while I was driving home after collecting Louis the dog from kennels.

Begins with story of an American in Lahinch Golf Club bar - contines with commentary on the final holes of The Open

A drive from Cork, thru Limerick to Clare

Sounds around one kitchen in Glanmire Cork Ireland EU on Saturday morning

Reading & Being Affected by Pages 8-10 of Rebecca Solnit "A history of walking" - is this the greatest book ever written about walking? Early days ...

Close your ears - Paul sings off key "The night gas a thousand eyes" by Bobby Vee - without lyrics and melody. Too much politics too

Tom owns this American motorcar - Paul O'Mahony was having a refreshment with him in the bar of the Castletroy Park Hotel - after Ger (Scallachi) O'Connor's lying in state RIP (a lover of life). Ever friendly. Tom's car forensically inspected.

Not a pleasant night. In sandals & a white dressing gown - this is what happened

Recorded at about 17:30 in SuperValu in Glanmire Cork

Not often heard - Listen closely for dog

The sound of a dishwasher being emptied and crockery being put away - while operatic music plays.

This chapter is call "Tracing a Headland" - it's all about how broad the scope of the book is. Paul gets excited by Rebecca Solnit's painting of the landscape on which she'll consider walking.

Insidious I was walking along a couple of roads, one turned to the sea, the wave, the water, the tide ... one sloped to the mountain, the scree, the rock, the peak ... I followed a breath like a hunter. There were distractions, high like eagles, busy like bees, imaginations like sugar, addictions, paradise, a sweet-shop shining scent of fish nectar, pollen, ice. I was walking along a couple of roads when the earth gave birth to twins, and twins to twins I followed a breath like a hunted fox. ______________ Read by the poet Paul O'Mahony Recorded in kitchen in Cork on 16 July 2018

This is a serious listen - "Wanderlust, A History of Walking" by Rebecca Solnit - first published in UK by Verso (imprint of New Left Books) 2001. The reading starts in a bed in Cork Ireland - a very sleepy Paul O'Mahony struggles to start his walk through the introduction to a 300 page paperback book. "I know nothing about Rebecca Solnit. I've done no research - it was the title & subtitle that hooked me" - says Paul. "I have no idea how much of it I'll read - or how many comments I'll make - as I walk across & down through the pages. "Maybe I'll be educated or disinterested, delighted or distracted, but I'm pretty sure I'll be curious & have mixed feelings."

13 year old dishwasher starts the job with a full load in Paul O'Mahony's kitchen

Walk with dog & cat, talking about the film "Denial" (2016) which Paul O'Mahony is watching: Holocaust denier judged to be a falsified of history - Paul speaks about his experience of going to Yad Vashem (Museum : "The idea of establishing a memorial in the historical Jewish homeland for Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust was conceived during World War II, as a response to reports of the mass murder of Jews in Nazi-occupied countries. Yad Vashem was first proposed in September 1942, at a board meeting of the Jewish National Fund, by Mordecai Shenhavi, a member of Kibbutz Mishmar Ha'emek...." (Wiki) The Hall of Names at Yad Vashem is the Jewish People’s memorial to each and every Jew who perished in the Holocaust – a place where they may be commemorated for generations to come. The main circular hall houses the extensive collection of “Pages of Testimony” – short biographies of each Holocaust victim. Over two million Pages are stored in the circular repository around the outer edge o

You hear Paul O'Mahony read (1) his poem-song "Battle Cry" (2) The comment Hennie left on his blog (3) Paul's response

This speech was made at Blarney Toastmasters Club in Co Cork Ireland. Paul O'Mahony is a member of that club. He's following the Toastmasters learning path known as Visionary Communications. This is his second speech on that Path. The speech is introduced by Mary Walsh, Toastmaster (MC) of the meeting. It was a hot, dry day during the Irish drought 2018. The video was shot by Moira O'Brien, member of Toastmasters Internatonal, Blarney Club, District 71

Paul left his dog Louis in the car while he had breakfast? Was that cruel? Should he be ashamed of himself? Should he have gone back home to get a lead - to tie the dip up outside - or should he have skipped breakfast? How do you judge Paul's actions? What do you think you would have done?

The sound of my local Café where I ate scrambled egg - 2 sausages - and drank an Americano

It all began well - went downhill slowly - rapidly - lost dog - how it all ended ok thanks to nothing in particular

World Cup Semi-Final Day - a delinquent supporter speaks out

A special episode of #AmbientJuly - can you describe what's going on?

All about a poem-song composition that began on 4th July 2018. Includes a song composed by George Fredrick Root in 1862 - Version 1 the Union version - Version 2 Confederate version - a little art Cooder - a little Wolfe Tones - and thoughts about what poets & painters do

This is about Toastmasters + Branding a Fast Food business + Opera (Samson & Delilah singing by Jessye Norman

Louis is an English Setter - Puma is a black cat - the bins go out tonight

Boiling kettle of Irish water + Pouring boiled water on teabag + replacing kettle + stirring tea with metal teaspoon + removing teabag to bin & pouring Super Milk + stirring tea + tapping teaspoon on inside of teacup - and more

About 100 seconds : Music - Cars - Music

From Supermarket to the End of the Day

125 seconds in a small estate at 22:30

A good pub

From midday to late evening

Louis pants - while walking around a field in Glanmire Cork

What's it's like to live in a land without water?

The sound of an Irish man tuning an acoustic guitar

Recorded after midnight - you hear toast being buttered & eaten - and the sound of Paul drinking Albariño

This stream runs around the boundary of our local park & children's playground - under trees. You hear the sound of children enjoying themselves in the distance

Paul is very happy after chatting with Jarle Peterson from the island of Tysnes Norway - about podcasting, social audio, radio, and marketing

No 1 of a series of sounds recorded in Ireland during July 2018. Shared via #ambientJuly

The poems are: 1. Je Suis Charlie 2. Je Suis Paris 3. Lost on Bastille Day 4. Born in Aleppo 5. We Are Humans 6. They are Dead Recorded specially for #AudioMo Day 30 2018

Specially recorded for #audiomo - first public reading by Paul O'Mahony. The Islander Chapter One He could have been on Sherkin, Inishbofin, Skelligs or even Rathlin... He was an outlaw, cast away from the land, away from his people. His face didn’t fit, his family were not from the right side of town. There was no time for him, he could rot there. Eventually his spirit would break, he would comply, he would conform, he would be broken - or so they thought... It would teach them, it would show them not to meddle with our family, not to get above themselves. Yea, 27 winters on Sherkin 27 springs on the Skelligs 27 summers on Rathlin 27 years of nightmares on any island you fancy. It was good to keep him there, disappeared. Our family had need of safety, his family were dangerous, thugs, revolutionaries, communists, rapists. oh yea, uncouth, uncivilised, Untermenschen. Chapter Two Our family is special, we have survived our own wars. We’re used to feeling superior ... (continued)

My manifesto : I stand against the crowd I stand out from the crowd I am an individual Odd Different Singular Misfit Awkward in my comfort Edgy in my skin Alive in my own little way I live my say I give the best shot I can Every day. I stand against the crowd of wasters who fritter their life away their way. I waste my life my way I fritter my days into the oblivion I fashion every step I say. Because I am who am Me Condemned to be myself I stand out from the crowd comfortable in my discomforting way that comes from every pore every sore every score of my expressions. It's my art The heart of my song The liver that cleans my spleen seen in all my glory every time I stand against the crowd Each and every difference Friction Grating Unconforming Uncomplying Understandable me. See that fella hovering on the edge the one who isn't fitting in the one with the shifty eyes the glint of his own You can smell that he's An outsider A weirdo An awkward one An individual Heart ... (continuing)

How do hospitals tick?

The City of London Cocktail-shaker for the World Bridge-builder, fortune-maker City of greetings, grime and grit City of tongues City of preachers, teachers and elephants City of wars City of screams and exhibitionists City of Empire City of fires, plague and drawing rooms City of parks, love-makers, trouble-makers, heart-breakers, imperial, ethereal, thirst-slakers, pace-makers, peace-wakers City of dogs, cats, rats, scavengers and paintbrushes City of players, symphonic stayers, hyperbolic cares City of ruins City of wounds, marches and prayers City of bubbles, stock-takers City of pain, disdain, refrain City of shoes, falafel, matzoh ball soup, chopped liver, peppercorns, cardamom, chillies and curls City of deaths, debts, resurrections, assumptions City of refugees City of the poor City of the sword City of slaves, waves, graves, sails Race-gobblers City of the clock City of time and charts City of natural history, kings, queens, nobility, futility City of the blitz and bliss ...

Brothers They were brothers, fresh from gathering, each clutching a bundle of yellowed leaves. Two short pants, One took his booty by the hand, and waved a sword with pirate fire. The other cradled his, and wouldn’t waste a single one. On they went writing epitaphs. ______________ Read specially for #audiomo 2018 Day 26. Written June 1996

Poem written in Santorini : read for #AudioMo 2018 Day 24 by Paul O'Mahony.

Recorded while walking in fields & a stable yard & while giving Louis a shower

Buying sandpaper & paintbrush in B&Q (Block & Quayle) - an astounding collision - periscope in Moanbaun Woods with Louis

Walking alongside Louis + putting out the bins

A poem about a young man who didn't read many books

Robbin T Milne in California in the Trumpist era

Emptying my mind befire sleep

Begins at the Riding stable where Louis chases rabbits - ends with a walk around the estate

A man strolls around an estate before midnight - accompanied by Louis & Puma. The half moon is not impressed. Earthworms are unmoved - recorded on Wednesday

How this poem was composed ...

Rushing river-water - a dog - conversation with a stranger

At 7am - up at the stables - Louis the dog chases rabbits - a pony is loose too

Unfollowing Unfavouriting People - an interlude - Walking cat & dog before midnight

Poem by Paul O'Mahony - read by Paul O'Mahony ________ Wanting more I’ve always been found wanting more than a woodpecker carves into the last tree in the last forest, wanting more than my parents ever offered, – even more than father bestowed on one of his good days. I was born wanting more time for love. I’ve grown hungrier by the day, thirstier by night, always grasping for clean air. There’s never been a father more loved, ever since letters of infinity were strung together on a necklace that shines with promise and gradually shrinks until it chokes the living daylight out of me. I’ve always wanted to beg. Like most beggars, my voice has been feeble – barely enough courage to pay the price father demanded. I’ve always been found wanting to trust more. I’m used to starving. Bless me Father, for I have sinned on a daily basis. Let me do penance – only let me have time to pay.

The start of "Ithaca" - chapter 17 - Ulysses by James Joyce - read by Paul O'Mahony. Starring Leopold Bloom, Stephen Dedalus & Dublin City

It's good to be back home under the crescent moon

Lahinch - a small seaside town in County Clare - from 10:58: golf links clubhouse + rugby +

Bits & pieces from a day on which Paul O'Mahony ended up in Lahinch by the Atlantic Ocean

Reunited I left the house of my reincarnation before the swallows returned the year they cancelled the Grand National. I walked out the door before dawn disappeared, drove through a dream as if in a dismal draft of corked Dolcetto. I pitched my leaky tent in Wiltshire ’til forced out by a wife’s thirst for regeneration. Winter hardened the road I travelled as I wished to wallow like a pig in the hot mud Bladud found. I sailed back to the Province of my birth in a ferry beset by bleeding ballast, into the storm of a tiger’s saliva ... (continued in audio) #audiomo

Begins with two infuriating disappointments - shortly followed by stories about #omaniLouis (English Setter), celebration of Myrtle Allen,

You don’t have to like oysters You don’t have to like oysters, there’s nothing wrong with you if caviar and truffles turn you off. Though some will look down their nose at you if you decline champagne, it’s not a sin to spend your life without a diamond ring or stud. As for grand opera, Wimbledon, Ascot and the Royal Tea Party, you’re not alone in preferring to dunk ginger nut biscuits in Earl Gray and nibble soldiers with soft-boiled eggs for breakfast. I met one honest man who ate puffer fish before his wife – with their Johney in mind. He founded a not-for-profit that cared for orphans in Somalia or earthquake victims in Katmandu. There are bungee jumpers, macrobiotic vegans and others devoted to saving earthworms from global warming, before the bees run out. You don’t even have to be like any of them, if you want your tombstone to be admired. Your legacy may not even be on your agenda – and who cares if no one remembers your greatest achievement? No one ... (continued in audio)

After midnight a man & his dog go out under stars

I rose from the dead We’d all love to rise from the dead and snatch a second chance from the teeth of history. Which of you would refuse resurrection and leave the stones in place until the winter breaks? My death was cold and stank of feces ... (continued in audio) Song of my Butterfly No one heard the song of the butterfly not even my mother, my brothers, nor the dog-walker who strode by our garden and allowed his Bernese Mountain Dog to pee all over my butterfly’s buddleia. No one noticed the sigh of my Painted Lady as she mated with the neighbour’s Painted Man ... (continued in audio)

Inspired by @Macolgan on #audiomo

A saga - involving a long delay at Gatwick Airport - Paul O'Mahony needs patience

Buying red wine in a hurry before the off-licence shuts. A 2007 & a 2013 Spanish reds & a chat with the guy working in the shop. #omaniLondon

Fragments of sound recorded in woods, fields, by water & under stars

Paul O'Mahony reads his poem "Timeo Ergo Sum" [with thanks to Descartes] I am anxious therefore I am. Je suis anxieux donc je suis #audiomo Day 8

You hear the river, the birds & the voice of Paul O'Mahony's adventure

Backtracking They robbed one man of his loneliness when they automated the Skelligs - a lighthouse for the wider world went out. You could feed a multitude on the soft greenery with the loaves and fishes behind that view. We climbed the stairs assembled with the same architectural craft as those stones igloos. The cell opened up first light, then warmth, it became easier to see the attraction There’s no hardship in those cells just the pain you bring inside that’s yours to cherish.

The news that Georgie Dee had coffee for breakfast & Dexter scratched himself - it's the little things that matter

Driving to Carlow to see Deirdre O'Mahony's new art work - a film "The Persistent Return"

Warning: this contains lots of talk about colours - and dogs - and a surprise chat with another dog owner.

Paul O'Mahony reads his poem "You just came to me" for #AudioMo 2018) Pig-sty to cattle track, anemones to fountain-pen, you sat in yellowed armchair, among psychiatric alumni, released into a fighting streetscape, where burnt-out cars took place of bicycles. Your warrior-self listened to every voice with the greeting of a saint who wrote with a sun-lit plume. Prince of the messengers, carrier of connections, pointing companions around wild flowers, through the thicket of everyday life, out into a clearing, ever shadowed, ever dappled, your painterly hand ever active, you spoke of trees in a family field, the feed from bonamhs that licked your fingertips, the rub of the beast that reminded you of animated conversations, the rough warm blanket into which you were born. You walked every inch of the lane that led from farm-house, past copulating ragwort, to a table strewn with words drawn together for the sake of safe passage. In that armchair, you smiled ... (continued in audio)

This is all about #AudioMo - which is taking place during the month of June 2018. Paul O'Mahony talks about how valuable it is to be part of a community making audio

There are times There are times the rain is so heavy, and the cloud so thick I can hardly see. There are times the dark is so choking I can hardly breathe. There are times the words are strangled in my throat. There are times the pain grips throughout, and I am completely at its mercy. And there are times when it’s much worse than that…

Toasted Irish skin is likely today - and there are alternatives. Paul O'Mahony has the Cork Harbour Festival (Maritime Activities - Walks & Talks - Culture & Heritage - Family Fun) 2-10 June 2018 in his garden. Paddle boarding, power boating & much more. Jazz too

Growing You’re never too old to waste your life - the old man cried To fritter away an hour a day and spend the coins of change No way you lose that fear of the living - the old man cried Spend your time awaiting, waiting to be seen and you see it all slip by You’re never beyond being sorry for me - the old man cried Hold back, hang in, stay put as your life goes down the drain.

At 00:30 a man in a short-sleeved shirt goes for a walk to empty his head - features omaniLouis

This poem by Paul O'Mahony was recorded specially for #AudioMo 2018.

Midnight feast of turkey, tomato, salt, bread, Dão & a report about success with a proposal by ShowandTellCommunications.net to a food business

Paul O'Mahony reads a poem from his next collection specially recorded for Day 2 of #AudioMo 2018

Cacophony - competingly almost overwhelming experience - includes sounds below the threshold of Paul O'Mahony's hearing

The first episode of a fresh adventure - going to meet a potential client. Show&TellCommunications team have a memorable day with an uncertain ending.

A poem by Paul O'Mahony - recorded specially for #AudioMo 2018 (Day 1))

Paul doesnt know how rough his life will be today. He's sure it'll be rough. He drives on towards his destination - eventually he plays the 19th hole without his partner

100 powerful words to market your podcast - thanks to Cole Schafer & David Ogilvy - from a post on Medium

What's the positive role of nostalgia in Paul O'Mahony's life? Paul names names fondly - people with whom he used to be in frequent contact via social audio - mainly on Anchor.

Paul O'Mahony reads a poem he wrote when he was 47. This is preparation for #audiomo

First it's a bottle of Italian Red - then Spanish Red

Walking in Moanbaun woods Paul O'Mahony talks as he walks

A bit of radio on Sunday morning - this is from the most popular radio show on Sunday morning

The morning after the referendum result was confirmed - Paul O'Mahony makes tea & Louis (English Setter) licks himself

As the referendum vote count begins - everyone is talking about a phenomenal result. Paul is both thrilled and nervous. Can it be true?

Recorded live - you hear Paul O'Mahony going into the polling station and casting his vote on 25 May 2018 (8.5 minutes)

Includes the Gardaí (police) & @IrishTimes editorial

Ireland will be changed irrevocably. If Paul's daughter passes her classical guitar exam (grade 2) on Referendum Day in Ireland Friday 25th May

A brisk rush round the estate

Particularly about abortion? Paul O'Mahony reads the Irish Times editorial. Warning: this is a very emotional reading. It's followed by a poem REPEAL which Paul wrote this morning

About the abortion referendum

Inside a local hair salon - Paul O'Mahony goes for a haircut

The referendum Will start in less than 48 hours. In this episode your host Paul O'Mahony starts talking about his own views

on a day when the weather gods (Froh, Wotan Fricka & co) are smiling for a second day in a row. Paul O'Mahony talks about the blue sky the freshwater trees and what it was like to be in the womb

With Louis

In the Irish Referendum

With Robbin Milne - a light-hearted chat that brightened up the day. You hear reference to Kevin Gnome Alone

The gap is close

Introducing: Anchor’s new QA Analyst” - Open positions All positions are full time and on site in New York City. Android Engineer Audio Software Engineer Backend Engineer Business Operations Manager Community Engagement Manager Engineering Manager - Head of Content Partnerships - Web Engineer

In four days Irish voters will go to the polls. The referendum will be a watershed in Irish history. This is another episode recorded in Cork

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Paul O'Mahony was affected by this story told by a woman on radio

How tough is that Louis in the window? The one with the funny tale How tough is that Louis in the window? I do hope that Louis won't fail. I must take a ship to Patagonia And leave my poor Fortune at home If she has a heart, she won't be loathsome And dear Louis will have his trombone. How tough is that Louis in the window? The one with the funny tale How tough is that Louis in the window? I do hope that Louis won't fail. Beyond the internet there are planets With flashlights that breathe in delight My love needs a Louis to enthral her Compel her to cry with her might. I don't want Mercury or History, I don't want a Venus that talks, I don't want a bowl of little Neptunes She can't take a Black Hole for a walk. How tough is that Louis in the window? The one with the funny tale How tough is that Louis in the window? I do hope that Louis won't fail. (with special thanks to Bob Merrill) + (massive thanks to Tim Ereneta) PS: Neptune is the fourth largest planet in terms of diameter

School pupils - No names - No ages - No genders - No location. 99% of the applause edited out. My child's in there somewhere. Enjoy One proud father

Episode No 4 in which you hear Irish citizens talking about abortion during the campaign. The referendum will be on Friday 25th May

Otherwise you are lost.

You hear Georgie Dee (Perth) - Simon Toon (England) - Victorious One (USA) - BarbaraKB (Detroit USA) - Larry G Maguire (Dublin Ireland) - Jeremiah Craig (Seattle, Washington USA) & Paul O'Mahony (Cork Ireland)

Over coffee after dropping my daughter to school on Thursday morning - about 15 fundamental questions about "Irish people" (not necessarily "people in Ireland" or "ethnically Irish")

Surely this isn't for real - it sounds like Paul talking to the world's most experienced podcasters - "How to turn yourself into an archangel" he promises. The hundred acres life - Winnie the Pooh - self-fulfilment. Even the Makropulos Case (opera by Janecek) is mentioned. I think this was meant to attract new listeners to "From Cork With Love Adventure" - podcast. I doubt it succeeded.

In the estate where I live

Paul O'Mahony chatters while walking with his dog Louis (English Setter) - Paul reads "The River God" by Stevie Smith

People whose names I can remember on Monday evening.

The day after the Toastmasters conference in Cork. Paul O'Mahony resumes life without Toastmasters on his mind.

RTE 1 Clare Byrne Live this evening at 21:35. This episode is includes Ian O'Doherty's article in Irish Independent newspaper today - with Some commentary by Paul O'Mahony

You overhear Simon & Paul in Cork International Hotel. Enjoying each other's company. Simon is returning to the UK after four days in Cork. This is not an average conversation.

The day the conference started - includes people saying why they decided to come to this conference

A series of recordings during the day before the conference begins

A detailed description of breakfast

On Church Hill Paul O'Mahony goes downhill for milk

Symphony of Voices in ten movements - wonderful melodious voices

A series about Irish weather - starting from 6 May 2018 - a new segment added frequently)

Paul O'Mahony invites you to listen and join in conversation that's alive with Eli

First Cathedral is Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral (Irish: Ardeaglais Naomh Fionnbarra) is a Gothic revival three spire cathedral in the city of Cork, Ireland. It belongs to the Church of Ireland and was completed in 1879. The cathedral is located on the south side of the River Lee, on ground that has been a place of worship since the seventh century, and is dedicated to Finbarr of Cork, patron saint of the city. It was once in the Diocese of Cork; it is now one of the three cathedrals in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. The second Cathedral is where Ed Sheeran is tonight : Pairc Ui Caoimhe

Starts with a drive to our local playground - a walk by our local rivers - ends with the police

First Concert since Bruce Springsteen- in Pairc Ui Chaoimh - huge excitement in Cork - REDFM changed its name to EDFM - the most exciting part of this episode is the arrival of the pitbull

I wasn't born loving opera, I didn't like opera at school, I thought tenors were silly - A few people on Anchor love opera - does anyone want to record an episode about opera with me? My CD player is broke. Yeah is music from La Bohème

Leaving cafe better after meeting Roger Overall and talking about Show & Tell Communications, plus Irish radio station chat

Begins at midnight and carries on for 23 hours, assorted audios recorded during the day by Paul O'Mahony

Walk with Prince Louis - O Captain My Captain - Sky

Snippets of life in Cork on last Monday in April

Quick walk with Prince Louis before rushing to a SafeHaven2018 team meeting (12 days to go) - Paul O'Mahony in a hurry

The Moon is full. Stars are light

and meets Puma - this is Paul O'Mahony talking with himself & the pets on Friday evening

Gipsy Clipper raw woman celebrated - Prince Louis called after dog celebrated - GnomeFlixMovieClub genius celebrated - Paul O'Mahony can't himself

Street music - Irish radio - Dog dentist - Night walk : you also hear Paul O'Mahony

This is wild because you hear a voice that runs all over the place - from the Hundred Acre Wood to Middle Earth - from rape to abortion - in the end there is guitar practice

Two friends chat on their way to record Business Jazz (podcast Series 6 Episode 1) in Cork. Paul O'Mahony drives an Audi A3 - Picks up Roger Overall - they never stop talking on route to the Republic of Work. You hear: (1) Irish national radio (2) Should Paul & Roger change "how to be genuinely attractive in business today" to "be genuinely attractive in business"? (3) Podcast by Jon from Anchor (4) Why the seat of the car is wet (5) Book by Justine McCarthy about Mary McAleese (ex-president of Ireland) (6) First class travel on airplanes (7) Shakespeare & Cervantes puzzle (8) Windscreen wiper in action

Musicians on Charles Bridge - People milling round - In Prague Castle - Climbing the Tower - Talking

The Funeral of Jan Palach [read by Paul O'Mahony in Jan Palach Square, Prague] When I entered the first meditation I escaped the gravity of the object, I experienced the emptiness, And I have been dead a long time. When I had a voice you could call a voice, My mother wept to me: My son, my beloved son, I never thought this possible I’ll follow you on foot. Halfway in mud and slush the microphones picked up. It was raining on the houses; It was snowing on the police-cars. The astronauts were weeping, Going neither up nor out. And my own mother was brave enough she looked And it was alright I was dead.

A car journey from kennel to home with Louis & music Paul O'Mahony doesn't recognise - isn't it good to be back from Prague Louis? Puma's pleased.

Sounds like a triumph. Listen to Ray Renati's report - opening night & second night

Walking to prettiest café in Prague - Paul O'Mahony talks, walks, coffees & cake

Assorted fragments of sound recorded during a long weekend visit to Prague in Spring 2018

You must be wondering "How did it go?" - how did the preview of the world premier go? Who forgot their lines? Did the lighting work? Was the music off key? Did the audience applaud? Listen to Ray

You hear voices from Anchor: Georgie Dee (Perth) - Jeremiah Craig (Seattle) - BarbaraKB (Cincinnati) - Tony Moze (Boston) - Gipsy Clipper (San Francisco) & more

World premier of "You Are My Sunshine" is on Friday 20 April 2018. In Phoenix Theatre in San Francisco. Paul O'Mahony in Cork chats with Ray Renati about how rehearsal is going. While settling down they talk about "bus farts" & what Ray had to say about a multitude of things on his audio Cast on Limor. Listen to Ray Renati - he plays three parts.

SafeHaven2018 is on 11-13 May. This episode is a raw recording of Paul O'Mahony planning what to post on Facebook. There will be people from England, Scotland, Wales & Ireland in Cork for the District 71 Annual Conference. You hear Paul talking himself through the long list of things to publicise over te next 24 days. The recording was unexpectedly interrupted by a phonecall.

Story inspired by William FitzGerald's recent speech at Toastmasters. Paul O'Mahony tells his story while walking in the woods. The King & Queen are worried because their daughter's marriage prospects. She can't read. They look for a cure by going to three magicians - with surprising results.

Why I've stopped doubting the man I loved 💚

Walking with dog & meeting up with cat

You never know what might happen - you may meet yourself coming in the opposite direction - a vicious flesh-eating leprechaun could jump out any minute - you can even be ambushed by earthworms ... Listen to find out ...

Fragments that survive from the life of Paul O'Mahony on 11 April 2018

This recording is precious. Father & daughter in 2010 - at bedtime. Paul O'Mahony recorded this on an iphone 3